How to SAFELY Power your Mining Rig (GPUs, Risers, etc)

[@stevegrube5969]

I'm just getting started with my first rig. After watching this video I really get how to power my rig safely. You're an excellent teacher. Thanks Seb.

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Hey Steve thanks for that nice comment I’m glad it’s been helpful :)

[@amitseth9177]

@@SebsFinTechChannel Please help me out. I want to use two 3060ti FOUNDER EDITION card with one 8(6+2) PCIE cable using PCIE splitters. Means my one PCIE cable have dual 8(6+2) Pin, I want to connect one PCIE splitter into one 8(6+2) Pin and one PCIE splitter into one 8(6+2) Pin. Now I want to connect two 3060ti FE card and two riser simultaneously with one PCIE cable using two splitters. Please suggest me is it safe means I can connect this ? I am waiting for your reply thanks in advance. Love 💘 from INDIA

[@kanmagoshi]

Hey seb - this was actually the most accurately compiled information I have found

[@lamkuomin8232]

What an underrated video, definitely deserves more view! Thanks for the guide

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Thanks mate glad you liked it :)

[@Nephri190]

It would good to explain how you got 300 W rating for the cable in the beginning. With research I think I was able to deduce that you have a 16AWG cable which means each cord is rated for 13 amps (10 amps for 80% rule). Using red fox crypto's info about how much voltage is drawn through the PSU for each pin (which is 2 pins and 12 V from PSU) we get 13x2x12 = 312 W (240 W for 80% rule). Just incase anyone was wondering how he knew the VGA cable can draw up to 300 W (240 W for 80% rule). Thanks for the video!

[@giovanig89]

is that per whole cable or 300 each 8 pin

[@Movie_Games]

My motherboard is riserless with PCI-E 6pin inputs. I can't figure out how to power it without buying a second PSU.

[@guduzegoat8648]

This explains cables way better than any other video. Thank you

[@Riothebeast.]

I been binge watching your whole content as i am getting into mining and building my first rig soon, thanks for the amazing tips and ways of explaining things. I have learnt a lot!

[@Ahmso]

Just want to say, that all your videos have been super helpful. I even built the rig you designed. thank you again for all the helpful videos and even your video on start to finish was super helpful!

[@SunilThapavlog]

Maybe this is the final video that I want to watch about power management. Thank you so much👌

[@bestyoutube5318]

Thanks alot sebs.. brilliant.. watched this a few times. Its good to come back and re-watch.. spot on matey .. thnx !

[@nashushography3636]

Thanks Sebs, I just had a delivery of 4 x 1660 supers plus 8PIN to 8PIN M2M and 8PIN F TO 2X 8PIN M and you provided the exact information I needed to ensure safe wiring. Looking forward to running 6 x 1660 supers + 1x Rx480 8GB later today and the increased hashrate with low tdp (averaging 31.9 @67w). Installed on a BTC37 S37. Thinking of making a video my self and crediting you for safety tips. Hope that's OK?

[@AyoWassupG]

Watched the whole video, very informative. I now feel confident enough to put together a 12 * Rx 570 rig safely

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Glad to hear :)

[@jackpanther1889]

Really amazing video for a beginner like me, i've searched everywhere including reddit for all the questions i had in my mind, and you've easily answered all of them in this video. Thank you so much. Liked and Subscribed.

[@TicoCrypto]

Love this tutorial I'll be making one in Spanish for my community. Kudos from Costa Rica 🇨🇷

[@AshrafulMobinBabu]

Exactly what I needed! Thanks a lot, man!

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Glad it helped! :)

[@brscengiz]

Greetings from Turkey, I love watching your videos. Oh, good thing there's a translation.

[@petemiller519]

This video is extremely important. Well done Seb!

[@iAdam368]

That's a really nice thumbnail, great vid btw

[@tapsworld1325]

This video helped soooooo much more than everyone else's, thanks for the step by step examples that was extremely helpful, got my 185hashes on the network safely now!

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

So glad it helped!! 👍

[@DeepakSharma-hj5gz]

Brother… I just got into mining and your videos has been amazing and tremendously helpful… subbed! Also.. nice music man.. what else can you do??? 😀😀

[@RicardoC8]

Seb you’re a great teacher. let me ask you something: is it worth to start mining eth today? with 4 RX 6600 and electricity cost of 0.16. Also considering that you can buy eth cheap today or even 10K RVN with less than $500 usd. I know it’s up to me and I’d like to experience mining but also want it to be profitable

[@b0g8]

Thank you for the great info!

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Cheers Barry

[@prabhu9324]

This was the video I searched for my life 😍 I downloaded this one for future reference because I am very feared that you would delete it

[@Flightcoach]

I don't get it. Why would he delete it? It contains correct information and it is non abusive or anything?

[@prabhu9324]

@@Flightcoach most of my liked videos get deleted after few weeks 😢

[@grigorgeorgiev4015]

Amazing information man, thanks a lot!

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Thanks! Glad you liked it! :)

[@jch3680]

Intend to use a 1000W PSU for 4x RTX 3060. The PSU got 6x PCIe (6+2) out. So i take one pcie strand for each 3060. And then use two splitters on the last two pcie strands to power the risers.

[@grace14emily27]

Thanks!! This is a better explanation than Red Fox!

[@pelkfu]

amazing video! helped so much!!

[@tehan_fernando]

*Hi, I don't know how to thank you. But I did Subscribe to the channel and liked the video.*

[@ketanmishra1128]

Hey,in our area voltage gets too low sometimes,can it hurt the mining rig or GPU?

[@pipethestillpaul]

So, let's say I have used a power supply to power my motherboard and ssd and so on. Am I able to use the same power supply to go on and power some of my GPUs? Noting to stay under the 80% rule? Eg: 1 PSU powering my MB+peripherals And then powering x2 or more GPUs and risers (staying under 80% total load. Then using a second power supply to power more GPUs and risers.

[@itocksuharto]

Really really thankyou dude

[@Zeltroix]

Dang you just answered all my questions I been struggling with for hours, thanks!

[@vicpinto1970]

A female connector will ask for whatever is in your wallet.

[@HypraNT]

Such a detailed video also the thumbnail is amazing lol keep it up

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

So glad you liked it! Thanks mate!

[@vincentgallo3351]

Seb you did not explain for cards with 2 a pins and a riser with a 6 pin how many leads you use ? Can 1 l6 pin lead from a server PSU run a riser 6 pin + two 8 pins on a GPU for those 3 connections in total?

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Hi. I'm not overly familiar with server PSUs but all the same principles apply to GPUs no matter how many pcie ports it has. If a cards TDP is 320W, it can ask for up to 320W divided among the PCIe connectors on the card and the riser. Look up the TDP of your card and then make sure each individual cable can handle the max power the cards can ask for on that cable.

[@lennysaptho9541]

I have a 3060, 1660 Super, and a 2070 Super Undervolted running on a 750W PSU pulling about 390-395 Watts at the wall. I may just get a 1000 W PSU to be on the safe side. 1660 Super is on a riser. Everything has been running fine for the past 24 hours. Thoughts?

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Let’s see. So let’s say your rig freaks out and all your undervolts reset and your GPUs go back to pulling 100% TDP, that’s 170W for your 3060, 120W for your 1660 Super and 215W for your 2070 Super. Add another 150W or so for the rest of your system and that comes to 655W which is more than 80% of 750W. So yeah I’d definitely say getting a more powerful power supply is a good idea from a safety standpoint :) Good luck!

[@CrankingAllDay]

A quality cable from a brand name PSU would do much more than 300w. But the limiting factor is the 8 pin. Hence molex is safe for 2 riser if its a 6 pin in psu side or 3 risers on 8 pin at psu (288w limit) also you can use close

[@geoffbryan1364]

All your videos are great Seb. They're all very informative. I have a question , as I'm new to mining how do I tell what the TDP is of any particular card ? Thanks mate

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

A good resource I use is www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/ then just click on your gpu in the list and you'll see all the tech specs of the gpu including tdp :) good luck!

[@sebchaps]

Thanks Seb ! Great video, very clear. No way, anybody can light a fire with his rig after listening to your advice

[@m.m.8098]

Hi Sebs, really congratulations for your videos and for the simplicity with which you explain complex topics. I want to ask to you: can I use 2 splitter (as you show in the video) to power, 2 AMD video cards + 2 riser (through 6-pin female) with one only cable, or I should consider that 1 video card asks for 150+ 75 watts and for this reason I would go over power with 2 video cards?! Thanks a lot

[@romaljaiswal8]

very good video, can u also make a video on how to calculate max power we can draw out of a wall plug ? i simply add an extension to a wall plug and draw all power from it , apparently this is the wrong thing to do as wall plugs also have a limit , this can also be a fire hazard

[@FiremansGaming]

How do you do the wiring on a 8 + 6 single GPU then ?? You explained the wiring for a single 8 pin GPU

[@crittenb7]

This is appreciated 🙏

[@andrewnguyen3312]

Thx for this video

[@miloslavstudeny950]

Hi Sebs. Me and my son love your videos. Can I ask how many watts PSU you would use/need for 6 RTX 3080 LHR....we also want to use them for dual mining....dont know if that makes a difference. Thanks kindly for your answer/help. M

[@adrianTNT]

So annoying how people started to force their videos to be longer in order to optimize profit from KZbin 😐 What do I mean by that ?! Well google pays creators more for longer videos basically.

[@chiranth.r6918]

1st view ... amazing video ...keep it up!!

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@jonathanorana6266]

Hi Seb. Great video.. Thank you!. I was looking for your affiliate link for 24 pin splitter, 8 pin splitter, and the PSU Adapter. Do you have any? oh and your link to the risers is not working anymore.

[@cyborg6294]

Do you mine and make videos in the same place? Because mining makes so much noise

[@oodavidyyf8416]

So let me just get this straight. If you split it you have to make sure it doesn't go over 300 watt .so basically you can have 1 8 pin power 4 riser because that equal 300watt but just to be safe you should only power 3 riser because of 80% rule. Meaning if you don't power any gpu 1 8 pin can power 3 riser safety. Is that correct

[@PapiroscaGG]

regards from Argentina, i learned a lot in only a few days, thx so much dude!

[@christianpaulortega2890]

Hi mate, can I get your suggestion on how I can power 10 1660 super GPUs using an ATX PSU? I'd like to use ATX because server PSUs produces loud noise. Can you suggest which PSU should I use that will be enough for 10 cards?

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

What’s the TDP for a 1660 Super?

[@damorafik]

I was about to do a mistake thank you for the advise, I am worry about powering the rig from the same circuit ...can you give more details about you main power manager

[@chhanuj]

what about gpu like AMd 580 8gb maximum power it takes is 185W.....how will you power those ? and it has 1 X 8pin connector on gpu

[@DJSelphi]

Love this. Safety is everything!

[@אלכסנדראייזיקרובצוב]

Hi , I dos not understand .. I have 2060 super GPU with 175W TDP , can I conect 1 end of pcie cable to the GPU and second one to the riser ?

[@glebpalchin6809]

But what about feeding two different GPUs female pins by one split cable (8pin from PSU to two 8pin cables (divided by a splitter), one 8 pin to a gpu and other to the second gpu), taking in account that the total amount of power will not exceed the lets say 240W limit. Will they somehow interfere? Is there anything like different frequencies of power consumption between the two GPUs, or some rule like "never plug one cable(that comes from PSU and then divided by a splitter) to multiple different devices, even if the total amount of power will not exceed the cables limits?

[@glebpalchin6809]

In other words, am I allowed to do this? 1. From PSU one 8pin cable 2. Divide it with a splitter 3. Power one 1660 Super with one cable from the splitter 4. Power a second 1600 Super with one cable from the splitter

[@mathias2418]

I rarely ever comment on a video but this my friend is by far the best explanation on power to the rig I have seen. Everywhere else the explanations are confusing and hard to follow. That said, here's a like and a sub!

[@kujonox1]

I power my 1080 ti 185w from my motherboard. The board connector is a 6 pin and the cable turns into 2 8 pins, I think 7 pins are connected to the card. Is that bad

[@georgebush6942]

Thanks for this video! Everything inside, for what I was interested before I start with my very first rig. You have the answers for all I wanted to know. :)

[@dussio22]

Pretty good video! very informative. Thanks!

[@TPR_est]

I put 3 risers on a molex cable. and after a 6 months, melted my psu and psu connector port. So dont be like me, be smart - use PCI-E and splitters. :D

[@MultiTaymaz]

The 8 pin to dual 8 pin from the psu can handle 300w? Why does some people say it only power 150?

[@Dan-zw6mo]

Very good to know. I've always been very careful with power over spec but very good to know what to consider.

[@AngelAndrade-hf7vd]

Okay my reasoning about this is that one on cable is going to be demanding 400 watts so you telling me right now you never done that come on man My bad I got triggered look below so you can understand why

[@landry92m]

Can I power my riser's to peripheral using 6pin cable? Then power my gpu's to pcie using 8 pin cable?

[@xellor8]

hi sebs nice video like always. i have this issue (GPU power 742W < 1000W, rebooting) with my 2 rigs. I don't know if it's because i have 2 power supply one each rig (1 atx and 1 server ). It's been working fine for weeks without this issue and now for no reason this issue came. i tried many this but nothing.

[@canaslantepe]

Cards draw most of the power from pci e cables and some from pcie slot both at idle and under work as shown in the video of Linus Tech Tips Nvidia Pcat tool video

[@the_brick_federation]

The kid who just burned my apartment down clearly didn’t watch this video!! 😡

[@BikoGames]

keep up bro I like your videos

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Thanks mate!

[@ernazahari8918]

so , the wattage showed in mining program is wattage GPU + Riser + PCIE socket?

[@turqoizehexagonsun]

Gets trickier when trying to power 8 RTX 3080 @ 240w :-p

[@kevins5057]

Can I use one psu port to power my graphics card and another one to power my riser, or does it all need to be split from the same cable off the psu?

[@kujonox1]

Is 170-200 watts OK for 18awg 8 pin connector with splits?

[@wanderwallz156]

can i use sata power for my rx 6600xt which only consuming 61w?

[@BOSANAC2048]

thank you wery much,for this, this is stuf aj want to lrean, subs. and like

[@AlteredComponent]

The roof the roof the roof is on fire....Seb heslow burning 🔥 down the house

[@AlteredComponent]

@@alexberman4343 reporting u

[@devanblack7761]

Great video! FYI, your Risers link appears to be broken.

[@DUB-Char]

Is it your musik? Pretty nice! 👍

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

It is! Thanks!

[@CheesyBeaver]

How much power will a female connector ask for? We all know the answer is too much.

[@haipazoniku6006]

how about sata to 6pin cable that used to come with the riser? is that not safe?

[@MrAStompy]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong. If a 3070ti TDP is 290W I can use a single PCIe(300W rating) with 2x8pin, split one of those so I now have 3x 8 pin and power GPU and riser!? Because the 75W of the riser is not added on top of GPU TDP. The power draw will never exceed 290 just be split between GPU(215W) and riser(75W)

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Remember the 80% rule. You never wanna use more than 80% of what something is rated for. So a 8-pin cable that is rated for 300W, 80% of 300W is 240W. So you could run a GPU with TDP of max 240W on one single 8-pin cable.

[@ziggknowsbest8492]

awesome great video...

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Thanks Zigg!

[@caputocracy]

Can you use 2 PSU with different wattages for the same rig?

[@vaio9003]

Hello Sebs, Let say we have 6 EVGA 3060 TI and ask for (200-240) Watt each. Is 1300 Watt PSU enough for all voltage spending from 6GPU, Mainboard, SATA drive, CPU for safety reasons?

[@bonibonij]

Very informative! I Subscribed :)

[@brylius]

Hi. Thanks, lets call, tutorial, because was searching some information about powering up rig. Now I have Corsair 1200W platinum. Its working on 2x3070 and one 1060. But now I have 2x3070, 1060, 3060Ti and 3070Ti...so having trouble to decide how to power it up all card, should I buy one more PSU. 1200W it will be not capable to power them all? Thanks

[@scottkisser7117]

Great channel Seb - Thanks

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

Cheers Scott!

[@Geneticaesthetic000]

What about plugging both psu into the motherboard with an adaptor ?

[@KDMR_38]

Excellent information about mining.....keep going bro....

[@amitseth9177]

I also learned lot of things... Love 💘from india

[@krby7274]

ok so what i wasnt considering before is the additional power my risers are going to pull, so where I was thinking the 850 would be enough now im thinking I actually do need the 1200. Because im already breaching the 80/20 rule and the other components use a tiny bit of power too....I get that i can get more bang for my buck with 2 850's but my OCD likes just having 1 power supply for this mini rig, and seems to be eliminating one potential fire hazard

[@sushilgurung3587]

can i run two rtx 3060 on cooler master 600 elite v4 psu? 🙏

[@cr8t1v3marketing]

I forwarded this for my Quora Space. So important, thank you, thank you!

[@schkabbio]

I have question. I have 1000w fully modular Chieftec PSU, and i have 2 6700xt with risers in it. Can I put 3rd gpu into it?

[@kriptofrand]

I have been watching the mining videos for several months now, but so far I have not heard such a coherent explanation. Thanks!

[@iwanhutapea8843]

Thankyou ... its very helpfull .. 👍👍👍

[@nattyriddim9123]

Hey! Thank You for explanation. However, one thing is still not clear. Original cable You have is already split, and could be used for GPU and riser, but it is too short. Is it possible to use that one cable to power 2 gpu's, and another original cable to power 2 risers? Thank You.

[@aravindhasaamy249]

Can we connect both molex and sata at the same time instead of connecting one 6pin cable?

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

No

[@chovandrey4720]

9:10 you can still power your gpu safely from the SATA, only if the gpu TDP is below 50 watts. Like my GT 1030 TDP is 30 watts

[@SebsFinTechChannel]

While that is technically true, I don't think anyone watching this video is going to build a mining rig with GT 1030s. :)